It is becoming more likely that an area of low pressure off the South Carolina coast will become either a tropical or subtropical storm within the next day or two, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City Office. However, whether or not this happens, impacts such as flooding rain, coastal flooding, a few […]
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Photos by Don Bowers The 20th annual Day at the Docks (DATD) celebration on Saturday, September 14, opened and closed with tributes to the working watermen and women who helped Hatteras Village come back to life after Hurricane Isabel tore through the island in 2003, cutting a new inlet that separated Hatteras from the rest of […]
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2024 marks the 150th anniversary of North Carolina’s first seven Life-Saving Stations, and the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe is hosting a two-day celebration on October 12-13 to mark the milestone. The United States Life-Saving Service was the predecessor to the modern U.S. Coast Guard, and in 1848, the U.S. Government provided funds to New […]
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Remediation work for resurfaced petroleum contamination at Buxton Beach is underway, signaling one of the most intensive efforts yet to address the environmental and public safety problems that have plagued the shoreline since September 2023. The clean-up efforts, spearheaded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), began to accelerate after an early September 2024 […]
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In the days before a surprise celebration for 50-year Buxton Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) member Bryan Perry, Deputy Chief Jeffrey DelMonte asked the 21-member crew for one word that described the honoree. “I won’t read them all, but I’ll hit on some of the highlights,” said DelMonte at the Tuesday night event. “Sharp. Expert. Hard-nosed. […]
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management recently awarded more than $2.8 million to fourteen local governments to improve public access to coastal beaches and waters, which includes a $114,010 award for new construction of restroom and shower facilities at the Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton. While there is currently a closure in […]
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Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, the annual Day at the Docks Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 13-14. Initially launched as a one-day event in 2004, Day at the Docks (DATD) was created as a community-wide effort to recover after 2003’s Hurricane Isabel, which cut a new inlet south of the […]
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One of the most popular events at the annual Day at the Docks Festival – the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s (HICF) Chowder Cook-off – is returning once again for this year’s celebration on Saturday, September 14, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. During this highly competitive contest, where bragging rights will last all year, various […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services released the following, updated Public Health Advisory on Sunday, September 8, in response to the expansion of the Buxton Beach closure. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced the closure expansion on Thursday, September 5. The closure includes the beachfront in front of the southern groin and […]
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Ocean overwash was reported near the Pea Island Visitor Center on Sunday, September 8, after dunes in the immediate area were washed out. N.C. Highway 12 remains open and passible, but travelers are advised to use caution due to standing water and sand on the highway. High tide occurred at approximately noon on Sunday, September […]
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